The CTO Substack

The CTO Substack

The CTO's Calculated Absence

How strategic distance from your team creates exponential executive influence

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Etienne de Bruin
Mar 19, 2025
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I'm standing in my kitchen, mechanically stirring a pot of pasta while my mind is miles away. My VP of Engineering, Sarah, just left after our casual Friday evening catch-up. I invited her over to discuss some upcoming projects, but what I didn't expect was her enthusiastic rundown of three critical architecture decisions the team made this week. They w…

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